September 23rd-27th

We will learn letters Rr-Tt this week. We are practicing sight words daily. Please continue to practice at home as well. Our thematic unit this week is Apples. Please send an apple to school labeled with your child's name by Tuesday. We will use these for various activities when celebrating Johnny Appleseed's birthday.

The children are doing great learning our poem and song for Grandparent's Day. Grandparents Day is Friday at 10:00 in the cafetorium. Grandparents will need to go directly to the cafetorium and be seated. Visitation to the classrooms will follow the program. The children are to wear "nice dress clothes" for the program. Please send the check-out note for Grandparent's Day back to me as soon as possible. I have to know who each child is leaving with following our program. There will also be a sign out sheet in the classroom. Grandparents will need to sign your child out before leaving on Friday. Please remind them of this.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

 



Monday, October 7th - AISA Professional Development Day for teachers - NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS!

Thursday, October 10th - Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

Monday, October 14th -Wednesday, October 16th Fall Break

September 16th-20th

We will review letters Nn-Qq and continue number review 0-20 this week. We are reviewing sight words daily. Please make flashcards and practice at home! We will add new words quickly, so be sure to reinforce these at home. New word today: had. There is a pre-decodable book in backpacks today. Please listen to your child read it and return tomorrow.

MUFFINS WITH MOM is Friday morning before school. Please see that your child is to class by 7:55. Enjoy!

We will not have a pep rally this week. The Patriots will play Lakeside in Eufaula at 7:00. Go Pike!!

Grandparents' Day is Friday, Sept. 27th for grades K4-6th. There will be a special program for K4-4th grades beginning at 10:00 in the cafetorium. Each grade will present a song or poem for the Grandparents. Due to limited space and seating, we set aside this day for Grandparents only. We ask that Grandparents remain seated for the entire program. After the program, the Grandparents will be dismissed to visit the classrooms.  The 5th/6th grade program will follow at 11:00. Please be sure to remind Grandparents that plan to attend. Grandparents are welcome to check your child out for the remainder of the day, but they must sign out through the classroom teacher. I will be sending a check out note home closer to time. Please fill out and return by the deadline.  Thank you for allowing us to share in a special Grandparents' Day with your family.

Mark Your Calendars!!! Monday, Oct. 7th is a Teacher In-service Day. Teachers will be attending AISA meeting in Montgomery. NO SCHOOL for students!  Thursday, Oct. 10th is our Pumpkin Patch Trip. More details to come. I have heard from some that will be driving/chaperoning. Please let me know if you plan to go with your child. All children have paid and money has been mailed in. Adults will pay upon arrival. Thanks!

Homecoming Week (September 9th-13th)

Next week is HOMECOMING week! This will be a hectic but fun week.  Remember, only dress your child in things they can handle, especially in the restroom alone, and remember to wear tennis shoes each day.

Monday: Disco
Tuesday: Rock & Roll
Wednesday: Country
Thursday: Homecoming t-shirt or another PLA shirt
Friday: Cheerleader outfits, jerseys, or red, white, and blue

Parade: K5 theme is Toy Story- "You've Got a Friend in Me"
Characters: Woody, Buzz, Jessie, Rex, Mr. Potato Head, Aliens, Barbie, Army Soldiers, Etc.


The parade will be on Thursday, September 12th. Parade participation is optional for K5. If you have not already, let me know if your child will/will not participate . The children will decorate a banner for the parade and the K5 classes will walk together. The parade will begin behind the hospital and go around the front of the school buildings ending behind the cafeteria. Everyone needs to be here and lined up by 5:15. It will begin at 5:30. You will need to pick up your child behind the lunchroom as soon as the parade is over.

The Friday pep rally will be held on the football field at 11:15. If your child doesn't like pep rallies or the heat, you can check them out through the office around 10:45 or so. School will dismiss following the pep rally. We will be out front for pick up at 11:45. Please have your child picked up no later than 12:00. There will be no after-school care.

We have been busy in K5! I have introduced letters Aa-Gg. We have listened for the sounds, brainstormed words that begin with each letter, practiced writing them, and completed a fun letter activity with each one. We are reviewing color words, number words to ten daily, and we added a and the to our stack today. You should have found a little pre-decodable book in your child's folder. Please have your child sit down and read these to you when they come home and return them to school the following day. They start out very simple using only the introduced words along with pictures for harder words. As we progress, they will get more difficult. For extra reinforcement, I recommend making word cards as new words are introduced. You will see our entire K5 word list to the right side of my blog (starting from the bottom up). Our reading curriculum workbooks haven't come in yet, so you will see I am copying workbook pages. As soon as workbooks come in, we will work from them and lessons will be sent home a unit at the time. In reading we have assessments that I will stamp for you to sign and return. These are evaluations on stories and whole group discussions in class. In math, we have been practicing writing numbers one through three and counting up to ten. I continue to stress the importance of doing your best and working neatly. Coloring helps us to improve our fine motor skills. I am constantly reminding the children to outline when coloring to help them stay inside the lines and to color in all the "peek-a-boos". Please encourage your children at home as well. They really try hard when they hear that positive feedback. I am very pleased with the progress we have made so far! They all seem eager to learn! If you have questions or concerns about your child's progress or about something we are learning at school, do not hesitate to email me at kstewart@pikelib.com

Field Trip money (Pumpkin Patch) is due TODAY. Please send that ASAP if you have not already.